Brems

Senior General Manager at Crunch Fitness💪🏼 Studying Wildlife & Conservation Sciences at Oregon State 🦫

[Last Chalice @lastchalice]

The saddest part about 343’s end is that they released THE Halo experience people asked for, but because it wasn’t ready at launch failed.

Halo Infinite had it all:

- Art direction
- Music
- Multiplayer
- Forge
- Campaign
- Narrative
- Best gameplay in the series

[Brems @brandonbremer_]

@SynthPotato @TheLegendary117 Of course right when they shut down is when we FINALLY hear they were looking into adapting the books. Something we've been asking for YEARS to do. So frustrating that we may go right back to the idea that it may never happen. So many good stories in the books...

[dmg04 @A_dmg04]

You did not go gentle into that good night.

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

Activision paid $99.9 million for Guitar Hero's publisher in 2006, made over $2 billion off the franchise, then killed the entire genre in four years. Today that publisher's name came back from the dead to sell plastic guitars again.

RedOctane was two brothers, Kai and Charles Huang, who started out selling dance pads. They published the first Guitar Hero in 2005 and it hit $1 billion in North American sales in 26 months, faster than any franchise before it.

So Activision did what Activision does. Annualize.

In 2009 alone they shipped Guitar Hero 5, Band Hero, DJ Hero, and Guitar Hero editions for Metallica, Van Halen, and Smash Hits. Six music games in twelve months.

That playbook works for Call of Duty because a sequel only asks for $60. A Guitar Hero sequel asked you to justify the $100 plastic guitar already in your closet, and every new SKU competed with the last one on the same shelf. Genre revenue went from $1.7 billion in 2008 to about $300 million in 2010. Activision shut down RedOctane, then the whole Guitar Hero business unit.

They strip-mined ten years of demand into three.

Now the Huang brothers are back as advisors at a revived RedOctane, the studio head is a Guitar Hero veteran, and Stage Tour launches December 10 with 90 licensed songs and 180 real Gibson guitars. Fifteen years of untouched demand, and the people who invented the genre finally get a second run at it.

[Pokémon @Pokemon]

It is indeed almost time to once again increase the humidity 🤿🫧#PokemonPokopia

[Culture Crave 🍿 @CultureCrave]

‘Warhammer 40K’ animated series is in the works at Amazon

• It’s a spin-off of the ‘Secret Level’ episode

• Blur Studios is returning to animate

• Henry Cavill is exec producing

(via @Variety)

[Brems @brandonbremer_]

@ElderScrolls #obliviongiveaway

[The Elder Scrolls @ElderScrolls]

Now's your chance to get your hands on an Oblivion-themed bundle worthy of a Grand Champion! To enter, just follow and repost — three winners will be picked a week from now!

Full rules: https://t.co/5AbCHZUom7

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered arrives on Nintendo Switch 2 on August 11. Pre-order here: https://t.co/Ckwmr7nC8e

#OblivionGiveaway

[Brems @brandonbremer_]

@DattosDestiny Destiny might still be alive if they had switched the games model to a monthly paid subscription like a true mmo

[Brems @brandonbremer_]

@DivideGaming21 Y'all in the comments are weird for enjoying Marathon dying - don't get me wrong, I'm also not playing rn, but this is a lot of the same game developers y'all say you care about that are putting their all into this. By all means don't play, but put your anger in the right place

[Destiny 2 Community Hub @d2communityhub]

🗺️ DESTINY 2 COMMUNITY HUB ROADMAP

We are here to stay and we aren't slowing down. We hope you all join us on this journey.

Seasonal calendar in the comments ⬇️

[Brems @brandonbremer_]

@A_dmg04 Can confirm I'm having significantly less frames than I used to, my steam friends list is only around 8-10 people. Normally 100-120fps previously, now 50-60 on average, as low as 40 on Neomuna.

[Brems @brandonbremer_]

@survivetheark Bro I just want dinosaurs wtf am I looking at in this photo GO BACK TO DINOSAURS

[Brems @brandonbremer_]

@BungieStore Bring back the Wayfarer pin I earned the title but never ended up buying it 😭

[Brems @brandonbremer_]

@Destiny2Team 8 years. 6000 hours.

Thank you.

[Destiny 2 @DestinyTheGame]

📰 Read the full blog at https://t.co/r4S470iEb8

Before we dig in, we wanted to take a moment to thank you. Seeing your reactions has been really moving to us.

Frankly, we wouldn't be here without you... and the way you continue to show up for this world means more than we can fully put into words.

Every memory and every moment you've shared with us over the years has fueled our future. Every ounce of our June update is for you, and we hope you feel it as you continue to read through our insight articles and upcoming TWIDs, let alone when you're playing the update with us on June 9.

Yeah, it's a bit sappy and sentimental... but that's how we're feeling while reading all of your stories over the last week. We hope to keep building worlds to inspire friendship for years to come and truly couldn't do it without you and your voices.

Again, thank you for being here and for sticking with us.

All right, let's get to the goods. Our second Dev Insights about the upcoming Monument of Triumph update covers changes to...
🔫 Exotic and Legendary weapons, tier upgrading, and crafting
7️⃣ Reworked artifacts and anti-Champion counters
🟣 Vendors, focusing, and attunement
👀 and more!

[King Z @pigeonbuttzz]

How it genuinely feels defending Bungie devs, loving Destiny 2, and loving Marathon all at the same time

[A-Town @ATownGamingHD]

@DestinyBulletn All it needs is an actual console and pc port for accessibility.

[Queen Mallow @MallowTheQueen]

"Marathon killed Destiny"
"D2 died for Marathon"

reality:

[CardnlH @CardnlH]

Most of my feedback for subnautica 2 is super positive, but if I had some constructive criticism, I really miss the old PDA visuals for fauna